Alcoholics Anonymous First Edition First Printing 1939 - RDJ

Alcoholics Anonymous 1939 Big Book FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING  "Big Red"

This Big Book is the very first printing of the text Alcoholics Anonymous with a published date of April 1939. Eager to get the message of hope out to the "real alcoholic" , the original manuscript was rushed to the printer with handwritten edits, cross outs and notes in the margin. Without adequate funds to pay for this printing, the first run was limited to under 5000 and released from Cornwall on a C.O.D. basis. It took two years to sell all of this first run, and only after the publicity from the Jack Alexander article in the Saturday Evening Post of March 1, 1941, did the second printing begin. This book today is highly sought after by AA collectors and many are in the hands of archivists and collectors, never to find their way into the marketplace!

This book is in very good condition. This is a beautiful book that is unmarked and complete inside. The book has a new red cloth cover that was placed on the book in the 1980’s.  The gilt lettering on the cover is bright and consistent throughout. The gilt lettering on the spine displaying "Alcoholics Anonymous" and “Works Publishing” is bright and solid. This book comes with a reproduction dust jacket.

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